Watchmen

So I blogged about how I bought Watchmen about two weeks ago for $3 but I hadn't watched it yet. Setting aside three hours to watch a movie is kind of a big deal. But last week one day when I wasn't working I finally watched it.

The last time I watched it was when it came out in theaters and I had forgotten most of it. What an awesome flick though. I know there are certain things that had to be left out of the movie from the book due to time restraints and everything but even so, I think they did an incredible job of interpreting it into movie form.

The special effects were unreal. Especially the way they created John. The soundtrack is amazing. The way they played Bob Dylan through the opening credits while the news headlines ran sent chills through me. It was so fitting.

Although the story line itself is more attributed to the book than to the movie, the story in the movie didn't change much and you can still pick out all of the important parts and relate them to the way our world is now. The story itself contains so much social commentary it's difficult to take it in all at once.

I'm going to need to watch this movie again. And maybe again. And then maybe again. Setting aside three hours for a movie is just such a pain in the ass.